diff --git a/lispref/positions.texi b/lispref/positions.texi
index a997774275d..0bb3a0ce76f 100644
--- a/lispref/positions.texi
+++ b/lispref/positions.texi
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ regardless of what buffer is displayed in @var{window}.
 The return value is a list of five elements:
 
 @example
-(@var{pos} @var{vpos} @var{hpos} @var{prevhpos} @var{contin})
+(@var{pos} @var{hpos} @var{vpos} @var{prevhpos} @var{contin})
 @end example
 
 @noindent